CA3LE Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 It's true.. I went to C:WindowsHelpToursWindowsMediaPlayerAudioWav on my computer and opened one of the WAVs with notepad and on the last line I found 2000-04-06 IENG Deepz0ne ISFT Sound Forge 4.5 Pretty funny.. check out the article I found at techrepublic.com Has it ever crossed your mind to use the editor to open a WAV file installed with Windows XP? Nobody will do that - that's what Microsoft probably thought. After all, countless WAV files are stored on a computer, and they are to be heard, not to be watched, right? No, not exactly. Our colleagues over at Macwelt gave us the idea. We tried it and examined some WAV files that are stored on a drive with a newly installed Windows XP. And we made a stunning discovery. In fact, we didn't even have to search for very long, as coincidence lent us a helping hand. In the Windows system directory, we had our first find, in the directory "WindowsHelpToursWindowsMediaPlayerAudioWav". Located there are exactly nine WAV files, with a size between 80 and 360 Kilobytes. They serve as background sound during the Windows Media Player Tour. When you open one of these files with the notepad, you at first only see scrambled letters. Of course, you think, it's a sound file, after all. But things become interesting when you scroll down to the very bottom in notepad. Located there is a type of watermarking, which records the software that the Microsoft musician used to create the WAV files. We found the following text there: LISTB INFOICRD 2000-04-06 IENG Deepz0ne ISFT Sound Forge 4.5 At first, that sounds anything but spectacular. It seems as if the Microsoft musician or the freelance musician commissioned by Microsoft used the Sony-made software " Sound Forge " (formerly Sonic) in its 4.5 version. Sound Forge is a tool for professionals and enables users to create WAV, AIFF, MP3 and other music files priced at $400. On its face, all that's not unusual: Microsoft uses professional software. Who would've thought? But wait a minute, who or what is "DeepzOne"? Bingo! DeepzOne is (or at least was) member of the Warez group Radium that had specialized on cracking music software. Along with a person using the alias "Sandor," he was also co-founder of this group, which was established in 1997( see in this interview ). In addition, it was DeepzOne who started circulating the cracked 4.5 version of Sound Forge a few years ago. A few years back, the group "Radium" caused quite a stir. It cracked the original Fraunhofer MP3 codec in order improve the limited MP3 codec that comes along with Microsoft. To listen to MP3s, the Windows codec was solid, but it offered only limited encoding functions. The Radium codec, by contrast, boasted an improved encoder (up to 320 Kbit/s). During this Warez release, then, the name DeepzOne" surfaced. But what is the name "DeepzOne" doing in nine WAV files in Windows XP? Nothing more than a coincidence? One has the suspicion that that the files were generated with the cracked version of Sound Forge 4.5. It's difficult to say whether Microsoft itself did that or one of the freelancers. Only the Redmond-based employees in charge of the Windows Media Player will know that for sure. It seems, though, as if someone wanted to get around filling out an investment order to buy a software worth $400. The topic still raises a moral problem, though, as Microsoft is quick to report every oh-so-minor success in the fight against piracy. In the wake of that move, the company also joined the BSA (Business Software Alliance), which has devoted itself to the "fight against software piracy" and persecutes violaters around the globe. But maybe BSA knows which office door it should knock on Microsoft has yet to issue a statement. It will be interesting to get the company's position on this issue. I don't see why music software pirates aren't easily caught: No-one, and I DO mean absolutely not a single soul in music, can or will pay a thousand dollars for music recording software. Still, someone has to, otherwise O2&similar people would have nothing to crack. Just arrest anyone who actually buys Cubase or Pro Tools.. Either that, or imply an Alias-type revenue system. - Damon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Nice find CA3LE. Not too suprised though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-vall Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Did Microsoft uses professional software??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Seen it. Microsoft denied it of course, and apparantly nothing happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 nice it is funny, but im not suprised, i knew they had done it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Yeah Dos was copy from ibm i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Yeah Dos was copy from ibm i think no DOS is a microsft thing somewhat, Paul Allen bought a portio of DOS from someone then he finshed it. Bill gates was going to sell it to IBM but IBM wouldnt pay what bill wanted. Bill Gates stole the GUI operating system from xerox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 They got so many people working in one piece of OS Windows that big bill, can't control what every one does i am sure they have some lazy employees who just steel source code he he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 cool find, good interesting read thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxinnejr Posted July 19, 2006 CID Share Posted July 19, 2006 huh!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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